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From: jschober@gnh-starport.cts.com (Joey Schober)
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Subject: Re: Cleaning the 3.5
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Date: 1 Aug 90 05:42:21 GMT
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In Reply To: bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church)

Can't really "blank" a formatted disk??  Pick up a decent strength magnet or
electromagnet and let it and the disk talk to each other for a little while. 
Might not scramble "every" bit, but sure will do enough damage to make the
computer =think= it's an unformatted disk... :-)
 
     Joseph F. Schober, Sysop, StarPort BBS [703/931-0947 - 3/12/2400 baud]

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